by natecooper | Jul 2, 2010 | Brooklyn, cities, culture, nate
Catching up with some of my rss feeds found this nice little photo over at Flora Douvillea blog about Parisian Life: Reminded me of a photo I took a few weeks ago at Coney Island: A sort of visual association game Brooklyn’s answer to Paris but what’s...
by natecooper | Jun 7, 2010 | aesthetics, animation, cities, cool, media
vertical living. from kim gee on Vimeo. My friend Kim put together this dizzying but fun video of NYC life told through her feet and stairs. I’ve been thinking recently about life as a New Yorker with all the summer visitors and what I can say is that Kim you...
by natecooper | Nov 26, 2009 | Brooklyn, cities, humor, internet, nate, new york, photography, technology
Our most recent positing on Craigslist elicited an odd reCaptcha moment: To add a bit of context: our posting on craigslist was for a room in our apartment. We were using my girlfriend’s computer. She is jewish. So the “random generation” was all the...
by natecooper | May 7, 2009 | aesthetics, art, cities, cool, culture, new york
Living in New York, one’s mind might be lent to wonder about the legality of street advertisement. They are literally everywhere. I’m not just talking about billboards (though their omnipresence is also very hard to dismiss), but on every barricade,...
by natecooper | May 1, 2009 | architecture, books, cities, cool, culture, new york
Though I’m sure it must be an incredibly difficult job for only the top in the field, I can’t shake the impression that the people who work for the New York Public Library, must sit around coming up with truly nerdy things to do and then execute them. Take...
by natecooper | Apr 24, 2009 | Brooklyn, cities, cool, culture, new york
And Brooklyn cheers (though the sign equally applies to Williamsburg). (via eyeonspringfield)